Illuminated vest or coat buttons.



E. S. LAGARDE & P. A. ANGENEND, JR. ILLUMINATED VEST OR GOAT BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APBJS, 1911.

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ILLUMI NATED VEST 0R GOAT BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13,1911.

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ILLUMINATED VEST 0B. GOAT BUTTONS.

APPLIOA'IILQHv EILED APE 13,1911.

Patented June 25, 1912.

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EVERETTE S. LAGABDE AND PETER A. ANGENEND, JR, 0]? HOUSTON, TEXAS.

ILLUMINATED VEST OR COAT BUTTONS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J e 25 1912,

Application filed April 13, 1911. Serial No. 620,868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Evnm 'r'rn S. LAGARDE and Prime A. ANGENEND, J r., citizens of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminated Vest or Coat Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Th's invention relates to portable electric light apparatus and has special reference to that class of devices which constitute electrical novelties such as an electric lamp in combination *with an electric conductor, a battery, and press button which can be secured to and concealed beneath the clothing ofa person, the electric lamp being in position thereon so that the light can be turned on and off by'the wearer by means of apress button. This invention has for its object to provide an improved apparatus of this kind in which several electric lamps are so mounted on electric conductors as to be utilized as buttons for a vest or other garment with a battery and a press button concealed beneath the clothing of a person so that the lights may be-turned on and off at will.

' Referring 'to the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a view of a portable electric lighting apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective of the battery holder. Fig. 3 is a detail View in perspective of a portion of a beltand a battery holder suspended therefrom, containing a pair of electric batteries. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view in vertical section of a portion of a. garment showing button holes and electric lights constructed in accordance with this invention mounted thereon. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a single lamp and battery. Fig. 6 is a detail view in perspective of a modified form of battery holder. Fig. 7 is a view of a sheet metal blank from which the holder in Fig. 6 is formed. Fig. 8 is an illustration of a human being showing the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 secured to the clothing of the individual and the manner of operating the same. Fig. 9 is a view of a human being with a single lamp and battery showing the method of operating the same. Fig. 10 is a sheet metal blank from which the battery holder in Fig. 2 is formed. Fig. 11 is a detail view of the sheet metal blank from which the detachable hook member in the battery holder shown in Fig. 6 is formed.

In .carrying out the invention a number of electric lamps 1 are provided formed with cylindrical sockets 2 of a length suflicient to project through a button hole of a garment and having at one end a rim 2" which oncircles the sides of the outer end of the bulb of the lamp and with, the cylindrical socket serves as a button to hold the sockets of the lamp in the button holes of the garment on which they are worn. The lamps 1 are 10-- cated at mtervals apart and are mounted in parallel on a pair of insulating electrical conductors and held thereon by pairs of sleeves 3. The electrical conductors referred to consist of an electrical conductor 4 connected with the lamps and with a binding post 1 on a battery 5 and an electrical conductor 6 connected with the lamps and extending to a socket 7 containing a switch provided with a p'ush button 8. The electric' circuit is completed by an electrical conductor 9 connected with a binding post 10 on the battery 5 and with the switch in the socket 7. In order to get sufiicient current, two batteries are employed, the second battery 11 being connected to the circuit by means of electrical conductors 12 connecting the binding posts 4. and 10 of the battery 5 with a binding post 12 of the battery 11.

In order that the batteries may be conveniently carried on a person, a suitable battery holder is provided and as here shown preferably consisting of a holder 14 shown specifically in Fig. 2 and formed from a. blank of sheet metal consisting of the longitudinal strip 15 which is bent into a rectangular shape and has'lateral projections 16 which are bent at an angle so as to meet The strip 20 is folded to form a rectangularplate 18 and the angular strip 16 serves to support the batteries 5 and 11 which project through the holder 14.

Anapparatus constructed as hereinbefore described is utilized to'be worn on the 'vest of a person, as shown in Fig. 8, the sockets of the lamps 1 projecting through the 'but-' ton holes 10 of a vest' 11', and the rims2 of the lampsserving as buttons to hold the 4 lamps inthe button holes.- When the lamps are so mounted in the button holes, the electrical conductors are concealed beneath the vest of the wearer and the batteries 5 and 11 are also concealed behind the vest of the wearer being supported in the battery holder 14 which is supported by the hook 17 from the belt 18 beneath the vest of the wearer. The electrical conductors extending from the batteries of the switch socket? are of a length to permit the latter to be carried in the pocket of the person using the apparatus so that he may press the button of the switch without being seen..

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification-of the apparatus, in which a single lamp 25 and socket 26 are employed, constructed similarly to the lamps 1 and adapted tobe held in the button hole of the lapel of a coat, as shown in Fig. 9. The lamp=25 is connected by an electrical conductor 27 with the binding post 28 of a battery 29 and by means of an electrical conductor 30 with the switch socket 31 provided with a press button 32.

The electrical conductor 33 is connected with the binding post 34 of thebattery 29 and with the swltch in the switch socket 31.

A suitable battery holder may be provided for the battery 29 or the battery ma be carried in the vest pocket, as shown in hi 9.

A sheet metal strip 22, shown in Fig. 11, is bent to form the hook 123 whioh'extends from one edge of the holder, said strip pro- Lietm from the other end of mg nt to form the angular end 24 which overlaps the strip 21.

It will be seen that by means of the apparatus hereinbefore described an electrical novelty is provided in which a number of small electric lights may be utilized as buttons for a vest and the apparatus mounted out of "sight beneath the clothing of the wearer, with a battery supported in a holder on a belt beneath the clothing. of the wearer. Having describd'the invention, what we claim'is In an apparatus of the kind described, a number of electric lamps each formed with a cylindrical shank and a rim at one end thereof encircling the outer end of the bulb of the lamp and adapted to serve as a button, electrical conductors on which. said lamps are located at intervals apart and which serve to retain the lamps in position in the button holes of a garment, a port-able battery adapted to be attached to the person of the user of the apparatus and connected with said conductors, and an electric switch connected with said conductors, said apparatus being adapted to be mounted upon a garment with the lamps located in the button holes of the garment and the conductors, battery and switch concealed beneath the same.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

EVERETTE s. LAGARDE. PETER A. ANGENEND, JR.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. LAGARDE, Row. L. BERRYMAN. 

